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Thursday 15 March 2001

Child abuse cases prompt sweeping changes to chat rooms

Police officers should be given more power to protect children who use internet chat rooms. That's one of many proposals laid out in a Home Office report leaked to silicon.com earlier this week.

E-government plunges Blair into bureaucratic quagmire

Putting government services online is just creating more bureaucracy, according to a highly critical report released today by think tank Demos.

EDS buys world's biggest airline network

As part of a multi-billion dollar deal, Sabre, the provider of the travel industry's global online hub, will sell off its infrastructure assets to services giant EDS.

Blair's digital wake-up call

Demos is a centre left think-tank and as such one of Tony Blair's closest and most influential friends. Some friend.

Freeserve COO told he has no place within the company

Freeserve's COO Frank Keeling has become a victim of the company's merger with France Telecom's ISP Wanadoo - losing his duties to current CEO John Pluthero.

RSA plays its smartcard

Security firm RSA Security today launched a smartcard system that will allow businesses to personalise their security requirements across multiple platforms.

Amazon beats eBay in traffic race

Amazon has edged ahead of eBay in the race to be the most visited ecommerce site.

Share slump job loss turmoil embroils European Telecom

Slough-based firm European Telecom is in turmoil after a profit warning and a top-level reshuffle caused its shares to spiral to an all-time low.

IBM retains crown as server king

IBM is dominating worldwide server sales, grabbing the largest share of the market for the fourth quarter.

IBM lays claim to 'tool kit' first

IBM is claiming to be the first company to offer a 'tool kit' that supports all open standards necessary for developing ebusiness applications.

Harry Potter keeps web users spellbound

Offline crazes are pushing internet users onto the web and keeping them there, according to research out today.

Linx accreditation to break up confederacy of IT dunces

A major initiative is being launched today in London by the London Internet Exchange (Linx), in association with representatives of the IT industry, academia and the government, to introduce consistent accreditation to tackle the nations IT engineering shortage.

Patientline to brave sickly stock markets

Patientline, a provider of pay-per-view interactive entertainment terminals for NHS patients, is to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) on 22 March.

B2B trading pushes through the tech downturn

Global B2B internet commerce is on course to hit $8.5tr in 2005, despite growing fears of an economic downturn.

Nintendo plans new offensive in console war

Nintendo has announced that next spring will see the general launch of its über-console GameCube.

Vodafone not as popular as we'd been led to believe

Vodafone has urged the telecom industry to change the way they report the number of mobile users after admitting it had overstated its own figures.

UK lags behind as stolen cars go under the German e-hammer

Goods confiscated by German Customs officials, such as stolen cars, are going under the hammer online to raise money for the government.

Nothing 'fab' about Intel's Dublin plant setback

Intel is delaying the construction of a plant in Dublin for the third time in an attempt to ride out the current economic storm.

Contractors face tax chaos after IR35 ruling

The current legal battle over IR35 may result in a regulatory quagmire for IT contractors, if the current court case only succeeds in partly overturning the ruling.

Stockwatch Daily: Europe opens brightly

European bourses opened on a positive note this morning, following some of the worst performances of the year the day before.

Amazon chief denies 'desperate cost cutting'

Amazon's UK boss has desperately defended the company's decision to slash 1,300 jobs and close one of its US warehouses, claiming it's a shrewd business move, not a drastic attempt to cut costs.


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